Jisho

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3 strokes
Radical:
small, insignificant
Parts:
little, small
Kun:
ちい.さいこ-お-さ-
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
114 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 小 【ショウ】 smallness, small item, short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days), elementary school, smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name), inferior, younger (of two people with the same name), junior, unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)
  • 小雨 【コサメ】 light rain, drizzle
  • 微小 【ビショウ】 microscopic
  • 中小 【チュウショウ】 small and medium

Kun reading compounds

  • 小さい 【ちいさい】 small, little, tiny, slight, below average (in degree, amount, etc.), minor, small, low (e.g. sound), soft (e.g. voice), unimportant, petty, insignificant, trifling, trivial, young, juvenile
  • 小さい頃 【ちいさいころ】 as a child, when one was a child

Readings

Japanese names:
いさら、 こう、 さざ、 しゃお、 ちいさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiao3
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • poco
  • pequeño

Portuguese

  • Pequeno
  • pouco

French

  • petit
24 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
27 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
36 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
63 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1355 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
33 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
46 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
21 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.15 Japanese for Busy People
27 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
27 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
88 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
511 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
7 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
106 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7473 Morohashi
7 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1389 New Nelson (John Haig)
105 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
110 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
126 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
15 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1141 2001 Kanji
3n0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-2 SKIP code
9000.0 Four corner code
1-30-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c0f Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf
Parts:
flag
Kun:
はた
On:
マンハンバンホン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1948 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 八幡 【ハチマン】 Hachiman (God of War), Hachiman shrine, certainly
  • 南無八幡 【ナムハチマン】 O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy
  • 幡 【バン】 pataka (banner)
  • 黄幡 【オウバン】 Ōban, one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar
  • 幢幡 【ドウバン】 hanging-banner used as ornament in Buddhist temples

Kun reading compounds

  • 旗 【はた】 flag, pataka (banner), banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
  • 幢 【はたほこ】 long-handled Chinese spear bearing a small flag, banner, hanging

Readings

Japanese names:
は、 わた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fan1
Korean:
beon

Spanish

  • bandera
  • estandarte
  • ondear

Portuguese

French

1159 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1489 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2261 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
891 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
656 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
9086 Morohashi
723 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1584 New Nelson (John Haig)
2232 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2339 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3f12.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-12 SKIP code
4226.9 Four corner code
1-40-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e61 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
scenery, view
On:
ケイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
419 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 景 【ケイ】 vista, view, scene, scenic view, counter for scenes (in a play)
  • 景観 【ケイカン】 scenery
  • 八景 【ハッケイ】 eight picturesque sights
  • 殺風景 【サップウケイ】 dreary, bleak, monotonous, barren, tasteless, unrefined

Readings

Japanese names:
かげ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jing3, ying3
Korean:
gyeong, yeong

Spanish

  • paisaje
  • vista
  • panorama
  • escena

Portuguese

  • cenário
  • visão

French

  • paysage
  • vue
386 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
494 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
469 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
645 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2142 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
509 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
603 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1764 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
853 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
872 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1021 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
975 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3118 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1597 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2179 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
320 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13983 Morohashi
2470 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2487 New Nelson (John Haig)
314 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
336 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
585 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3841 2001 Kanji
4c8.8 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-8 SKIP code
2-6-6 SKIP code
6090.6 Four corner code
1-23-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
666f Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
constitution, law
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
551 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 憲章 【ケンショウ】 charter
  • 憲政 【ケンセイ】 constitutional government, exemplary government, excellent government
  • 違憲 【イケン】 unconstitutionality
  • 改憲 【カイケン】 constitutional change, revising the constitution

Readings

Japanese names:
かず、 のり、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
heon

Spanish

  • regulación
  • ley
  • norma
  • funcionario

Portuguese

  • Constituição
  • lei

French

  • constitution
  • loi
773 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
863 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
852 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
943 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1342 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
622 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1322 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2562 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
521 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
530 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
787 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
803 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3001 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1533 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2091 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1568 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11269P Morohashi
2368 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1988 New Nelson (John Haig)
1554 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1674 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
429 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
991 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
758 2001 Kanji
3m13.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-13 SKIP code
3033.6 Four corner code
1-23-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
61b2 Unicode hex code